Automobile-door.



Attorneys m l l l w L. R. COLBBRT. AUTOMOBILE lDOOR. APPLIOATION FILED APB. 8, 1911,

Witnesses "UNITED 'STATES PATENT. opinion@ Lucian n. commer, or nnssaromx, vmemrii.

Vis the objectV of .the present invention, structure, whereby on the door. of an eutornobile or other vehicle, the supporting4 structure being so constructed that it may proceeds,

be telescoped within the door, from viewwhen not in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description the invention resides in the combination and arrangement 4of arts and in the details of 'construction de# and hidden iereinater 4"scribedand claimed, it being understood Ithat chen es .in the precise embodiment` of invention iereio. disclosed een he m'ade withscope of what is claimed without departin from vthe spirit of the invention.

In tie drawn s,-I `igure 1 is a side elevation of a vehic e equipped with the device of my inventioniiFig. Eis a vertical transverse section of a portion of one door of the vehicle, showing' the support of my invention mounted therein, the support being .ex-

tended Fig. ..3 is ii similar view showing the support teleycopcth and housed within vehicle, between the body tioA 'a perspective of' the the contour of tbe-door; Fig. 4 is a horizon- '-t'al vtrimsve'rse':set-:tin.upon 'the line A--B of Fig. 2; Fig. the lower guide member; ragme'ntel detail, in elevation,

is a detail perspective ,of and Fig. 6 vie a enlarged from Fig. 41, and designed to .show one tor'm ofthe longitudinally extensible-cross bar which unites .the supports which are carried by the .front door o tbe vehicle. Fig. 'Z is top guide.

n the drawings, the body of the vehicle is denoted' by the numeral 1, the top being denoted by thc numeral 2. The sides of the 1 and thc top 2 are suitably housed in by zi. screen 3.

The reni* door is denoted by the numeral ff, and the front door by the numeral 5.

panels of tbe door o rc denoted by the ol d, the bottom of the door by tbc vili.

clos u mumble lid.8, the same being fi'ei-ubiy, :ilihfiugh not necessarily, hingv edi); connected with the door.

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Speoication of Letters Patent. app'iiauon nien prix 8, iaiL semi no. 619,383.

' ocated another the opening The upper edge of the door is;4

.described hereinafter.

Patented Apr. t), 1912.

The foregoin description 4applies withequal propriety "the fron door 5.

door, adjacent tbe vertical edges In eac thereof, logitudimilly extensible', telescopi-v caliy constructed screen supportent-e .mounted. These screen supports are identit-.nl iii construction,I and but one of them will 'be described, it being understood -ivithout further oomment, that the description applic-.s

-botli the rear i oor 4 and with equal: propriety to the other .supportl i which is mounted in each door.'

Secured vbetween the Apnnebi 6, :idiot-.ent the upper edge ofthe door 4, is' a guido. El having e central opening 9? with one or more peripheral slots 9. Below the guide 9 is uidc 10, seen most clearly in Fig. 5..- Thisv guide 10, preferably, although not necessarily, is in the torni o f u washer, 'having a 'central circular opening 12.` In Athe upperfnce ot tbeiguide 10, about the periphery of the opening' 1l, are

.spaced sents12, terminating', nt their lower ends, witliintlie contour of vthe guide. Lo-

"cated nt c distance 4-troni the seats 12, are

slots 14, extended downwardly, entirely throu lithe uide l0, the'slots 14 opening into t c circn ai' aperture 11.

The telescopic, longitudinally extensible supporting member includes, as n primary element, a tube 15, adapted to {it'closely in 11 of the guide 10, andto slide in 9 of the guidei).A The tube 15 is equi pe with outstandinglugs 16, adapted to tin the seats 12 in the guide 10, so as vto uphold the tube. ln order to maintain the lugs 16 engaged with llicsents 12, a

the openin .spring 17 is secured to the under face of the upper guide 9, this spring being adapted to bear against the upper end of one of the lll s 16, as clearly .shown in Fig. 2l

lidably mounted within the tubo 15, is another tube 18. The tubel 18 is umiiitnined in fixed relation with res ect to the tube 15, by means of a spring?| atch1'9, secured to the tubo 15, aud adapted to' extend through ou opening (herein, to engage with tbe tube 1H. Slidnbly.mounted within the tube 18, is a rod 20. There is :1 spring latch 2l upon the tube 1S, adapted to engage the rod 90,':Lfter tbe manner of the clement 19. ln the upper end of tbe tube l5, a slot 22 is under cci-tuin circumstances which willbe The.- upper ends of which is telen-opted within the other, the

parte 25 and .t beim: pivolcd, as .shown at 2T, to the rode 24. 'lbe rene-in for `pl'o.\iding the tetes-coping parts 25 and 90 is that when the rods 24 ure elevated. thel parts 2: and 2li are adapted to lie. in diagonally .disposed position, against the I n'are 28, which upholds the cover 2. as shonirin Fig. l. 1f the rods 2l ure to be slid tlo\rn\\ardly., so :1S to he housed within the body l, the connection between the upper ends ofthe rod 24,

obviously, must yield longitudinally. One

of the slots il in the guitle't) serves to receive.

the lntrh 1l) when the derive is tilescopcd. A screen 29 is removably connected wlth the members 15, 1H und 2() upon one aule of the door, and with the rorrespmuling members upon the other side of the door, this screen bring.; united with the cross bnr 23 in the ease of the rear door, and with the parts .25 and 't in thecase ol the front door.

The operation ot' the device, presupposingthat the partev are positioned as shown in Fig. 2, is as t'ollou'x. 'lhe screen 2) is irst removed, and thtl latch member 2l is nui` nipulnt'otl, to permit the rod 2t) lo slide within the tube 1H, thel latch t!) heini,r mani mlnlfnl to permit the tubo lStn slide wil lin the tube 1.1. The latch 2l. will register in the `slot 315. lli' rotatingr the lubel, the `ame having; been lirst elevated, to permit the lugs ttl tu more out of the seats l2, the lugl ttl may be llill dmrnn'nrdly through the slots t-l in the lou-rr guido ttl. Uudcrsnch circumstances, as shown in Fig. 3, the support will be disposed in trlosropod position, and lue housed completely beneath the lill ol' the. door, there boing n stilliuent sparc, lutu'rrn ilu' upper guide l) alnl the lill H tu :uct-oluluiulnlo tlm t'luss but i in lltt one lnslauro, and the cross bar comprising liu` parts :5.3 nml 2li In the other Instance, It

being noted that a telescoping is necrseary, between the parts 25 and 26 in order that the same may be housed beneath -the lid 3, in the ease of the forward door 5.

From the foregoing it will be seen that an ellirivent structure is provided, whereby screens may be applied to the dooie of a vehicle, the construction being such that when lthe r-.ecasiou for the use of the' su ports has passed, the salue may readily lie housed within 'the contour nf the door, in nn out-ot the-way position, so as to detract nothing from tie general appenranceof the vehicle upon which the device is mounted.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l. The combination with the door of a vehicle, of spaced tclescoped supports slidahle vertically on-the door; and :t longitudinally extensible member terminally pivoted .to the supports.,-

2. The combination with the door of e vehicle. of a longitudinally extensible support provided nt its upper extremity with au en-4 gulurly disposed longitrulinally extensible supporting member; the support and the 'supporting member being movable. within the contour ot' the door.

2l. 'lhe combiual ion with tho door of a vehiele` o f spaced guides thereon, one of which is provided with seats, and with slots e.\' tended entirely through said guide; n supporting member slirlnble in the guides and having,r a. lug;` adapted to rcgisteun the seats, and to pass hrouglrlhe slots when the support is rotated to dispose thelug out of seatengagfiug position: and u spring upon the other guide, ndnpted to hour nguinst the lug, trunnutain the same in the seat.

4. ln a device of the class described, parallel members; a longitudinally extensible connection pi vot ally united ad'acent-its ends with said members, adjacent l1 ie upper ends ot said members: and means for securing Huid members to the door ofn vehicle, for vertical sliding movement.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as ,my own, l hare lu-rrto allixerl my signature in the presence of two 'witnesse-is` LUUAN' R. COLBERT.

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